How often do you change the needle in your finger 'pricker'?

How often do you change the needle in your finger 'pricker'?

I do not know whether this is a 'no, no question' (hygiene – we all wish to be on the top of this, of course!)

For me, I will use my 'pricker' over a day – and maybe sometimes over the half of the next day. It is my own bacteria going into that – wouldn't change so much. Still new to this, so would like to hear about your practice and advice.

I change mine after every use. Probably one of the only ones to do this. But I have been testing for over 20 years and my fingers are very calloused, so need a new lancet to make sure it can penetrate the skin. I also use a 33g lancet which most people use the 23g.

Okay, I know I am strange, but that's okay. The doc asked me how many times I change the lancets and was surprised when I told her. She said I was the only one she knew that does that. But lancets are free for me, so why not.

I just changed mine because it was getting dull and starting to hurt. But I can't remember the last time I changed it before that but it's been months. I do wipe the tip with an alcohol wipe every few days or so.

A while back my pharmacist almost fainted when I told her I rarely change it. lol

I'm similar to Jeanne W, testing up to 4x a day and changing it around every 2-3 weeks. The oldest joke about this is, change your lancet with the seasons! LOL I notice it's not making a quick and easy poke, and that's when I think of changing to the next lancet.

i do like your replies to this! (big smiley from me). The expense already for the strips are prohibitive in Denmark. But so good to know that I would at least not need to replace the lancets until they go (at least somewhat) dull.

I only change mine when stabbing myself brings no blood. It's not the cost, they are as cheap as chips here.
I suppose it's laziness.
I've neverr heard of anyone getting an infection from their own lancets but I guess anything is possible.